The Jet2 flight LS633 reportedly diverted to Manchester due to cracked windshield
A cracked windshield on a Jet2 flight from Tenerife has caused an emergency landing at a UK airport.
Flight tracking services reported that Jet2 flight LS633 was forced to divert to Manchester due to the issue.
A similar incident was reported in December last year when terrifying pictures emerged of the cracked windscreen of a plane cockpit after the aircraft was struck by lightning. A passenger on flight LM26, which was travelling from Manchester Airport to Aberdeen, Scotland, on Thursday afternoon, said she was sleeping when pilots decided to turn back by signalling the emergency code 7700. The Loganair plane returned to Manchester about 29 minutes after take-off.
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Morag McLeod told The Mirror that she was travelling with her partner from Houston, Texas, and arrived in Manchester at around 9.30am. They had to wait several hours for their connecting flight, which they eventually boarded in the afternoon.
She said she was sleeping when the plane was hit by lightning and initially thought it was turbulence. However, she said her partner thought he had seen “what looked like lightning” and woke her up before the captain announced the aircraft had been struck.
The passenger said: “I was actually sleeping as we were a connecting flight from Houston. We arrived in Manchester airport at 9.30am and had to wait several hours for our connecting flight.
“I felt what I thought was turbulence, however my partner knows a bit about aviation and he had seen what looked like lightning and he awoke me just prior to the captain announcing that the aircraft had been struck, my partner knew something wasn’t right as the aircraft stopped ascending and began circling in the air which he believes was the aircraft circling Manchester airport awaiting clearance to emergency land.” While being escorted out of the plane, Morag said she snapped a photo of the cockpit which shows the cracked windscreen as the plane was parked at Manchester Airport.
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